Today it will still feel cold but stay cloudy and mainly dry. Overnight there will be a hard frost and tomorrow winter is back with snow on the hills, strong wind and rain.

Mr Seltzer said: “There’s a bit more winter to come.”

Forecaster Matt Dobson, of MeteoGroup, said that while snow is not uncommon for March, the continued cold weather is. He said: “Whether you think that spring officially starts on March 1 or March 21, this is certainly unusually cold for this time of year.

“It’s very cold for mid-March when we should expect much higher temperatures.”